和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:A Better Computer Mouse Cursor for the Disabled

2011-04-18来源:VOA


短语讲解:

1. You choose the object you want and move it to where you want it, only to have it end up in a different position.

end up (以…)结束,最终成为
例句:How does the story end up?
这篇故事是怎么结尾的?

2. This happens to all of us sometimes, and we think little of it.

happen to 发生在…身上
例句:An odd thing happened to him this morning.
他今天早晨遇到一件怪事。

3. One is called the Pointing Magnifier. Professor Wobbrock says it uses a large circular cursor instead of the traditional arrow pointer.

instead of (用…)代替…,而不是
例句:Shall we have fish instead of meat today?
今天我们不吃肉吃鱼好吗?

4. This makes it easier for the user to click on the object.

click on 点击
例句:Please click on Finish to start Account Setup .
请单击“完成”以启动“帐号设置”。

5. Some of our projects have looked at what we call situational impairments, which are challenges to accessibility that are caused more by the situation or context that the computer user is in instead of maybe as we usually think of accessibility as having to do with someone’s own physical or cognitive state.

look at 审视,评判,看
例句:The difficulty can now be looked at in a different light.
现在可以用不同的角度来看这个困难。